Crest produces high quality cassava tubers with high starch content. Our success is largely attributable to selecting high yielding cassava varieties and implementing best in class agronomic practices. We continue to improve on our experience by working closely with our technical partners on agronomy (IITA—International Institute of Tropical Agriculture) and leading commercial scale cassava farmers who are core part of our team.
At full scale, we will operate a captive nucleus farm along with a network of small, medium and large scale outgrowers, both from our own property and from neighbouring communities.
We will provide our outgrowers support with inputs and training to ensure compliance with our cultivation standards and requirements while also facilitating access to land, equipment and financing where applicable and feasible.
CASSAVA STARCH
We are working closely with a leading cassava starch processor from Thailand and a leading European processing solutions provider and equipment manufacturer to establish a state of the art starch processing plant that will be the first of its kind in the country.
Our factory is on track to be commissioned by the fourth quarter of 2016 and to commence full commercial production and trading by the first quarter of 2017.
We are working closely with our intended customers to better understand their quality requirements and supply chain projections and incorporating these into our plans. We will be happy to meet with additional prospective customers to see how we can accommodate you into our plans.
